WASHINGTON STATE – We do not have enough fingers to count all of the wildfires igniting all over the State but we do have this single post to bring to you what is burning out there.
WA DNR: “We responded to 31 wildfire starts (human-caused fires) were very thankful to the public about being so cautious. Extremely happy fires were small.”
Photo Credit | WA DNR
CHELAN COUNTY
Little Camas Fire | Outside of Cashmere
Little Camas. Timber and Slash. 300 acres (at last report). BAT 21 (IC), BAT-22, CREW-15, CREW-52, CREW-74, E-672, FUELS-34, H-1MR, H-341, SE-140, SE-146. Dispatched @ 1201 hours. (Central WA Interagency Comm Center)
GRANT COUNTY
Salmon Hole | China Bar
Grass and brush. 7 acres. BLM-13 E-6695, BLM E-842. IC Dave Patterson. Dispatched @ 1659 hours. (Central WA Interagency Comm Center)
GRAYS HARBOR
South Bank Fire | Grays Harbor
Grass, brush and duff. Dispatched @ 1405 hours. Resources were reportedly en route. .5 acres. (Pacific Cascade Dispatch Center)
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Fisherman Harbor Fire | Fisherman’s Harbor, Quilcene
Dispatched @ 1033 hours. Controlled at 1311 hours. Timber. IC TJ Clavin. (Olympic Region Dispatch)
KING COUNTY
Boise Creek Starburst | Enumclaw
Grass and slash. IC WOHLMAN @ 0830 hours. Dispatched @ -0145 hours. Controlled/Contained @ 0830 hours. (South Puget Sound Dispatch)
OKANOGAN COUNTY
Riverside Cutoff Fire | Riverside Cutoff
Dispatched @ 0650 hours. 14.3 acres. Contained/controlled at 0907 hours.
PIERCE COUNTY
Landing Camp | Elbe Hills
Timber and slash. Dispatched at 1019 hours. Contained/controlled @ 1020 hours. Fire is out. (South Puget Sound Dispatch)
SKAGIT COUNTY
Alger Hill Fire | Alger Mountain Rd from Skarrup
Grass, brush. .25 acres. Dispatched @ 1656 hours. Contained/Controlled at 1700 hours. 4 engines o/s with 1 overhead. 40-50% contained and mop-up initiated as listed.
SKAMANIA COUNTY
Cape Horn Fire | Cape Horn. Dispatched @ 0726 hours. IC Omar Flores as of 0847 hours. .25 ac. (Columbia Cascade Comm Center)
SPOKANE COUNTY
Idaho Road Fire | Liberty Lake County Park – Off Road Park
Spokane Co Fire District 8 fire crews (from Station 85)were dispatched @ 1300 hours along with Spokane Valley Firefighters. Grass, brush, reproduction, light and heavy timber. AR-28, AR-32 (IC as of 1655 hours) , AR-414, AR-422, HT-44, LOA-16, LOA-21, NC 40-CREW, NC 41-CREW and NE-12. (DNR), plus SFCD8 and Spokane Valley FD. Resources on-scene @ 1447 hours. 8 acres. Dispatched @ 1403 hours PDT. (NE WA Interagency Comm Center)
Hog Lake Fire, Hog Canyon Fire | Hog Lake
Grass, brush, and light timber. AR-25, AR-31, AR-441, AR-445, AR-446, AR-450, BLM-21, C-6201, HT-41. IC (Turnbull) as of 1900 hours. Dispatched @ 1327 hours. Resources arrived on-scene @ 1405 hours. (NE WA Interagency Comm Center)
Cedar Spot Fire | North Cedar Road
Slash. AR-414 (IC). Slash fire fuels. 0.01 acre. Dispatched @ 1051 hours. Contained at 1115 hours. Controlled @ 1133 hours. In patrol status. (NE WA Interagency Comm Center)
STEVENS COUNTY
Dry Gulch Fire | Dry Gulch.
E-12, NC-324, NC-326, IC (REIPE). Dispatched @ 1547 hours. Resources o/s @ 1637 hours. PDT (NE WA Interagency Comm Center)
Virgil Way Fire | Nine Mile
Grasses, brush, reproduction and light timber. Resources included 8 engines, 20-hand crew as AR-26C (IC), AR-26B, AR-442, AR-443, AR-447, AR-448, AR-449, AR-63, HT-42. Dispatched @ 1316 hours. Resources on-scene include Stevens County Fire District 1 and WA DNR. 4.5 acres. (NE WA Interagency Comm Center)
Cotton Trail Fire | Quartzite Mountain
Grass, brush and duff. 0.1 acre. Dispatched at 0959 hours.
THURSTON COUNTY
Martin Way Fire | Martin Way, Lacey
Dispatched @ 1426 hours. In Patrol status. Limited information
Runyon Fire | Rainier
Dispatched at 1230 hours PDT. Grass, brush, timber. IC EDWARDS. Resources o/s. Contained @ 1800 hours. Controlled at 1845 hours. .5 acres. (South Puget Sound Dispatch)
WHATCOM COUNTY
Haxton Way Fire | Near Silver River Casino
Dispatched at 1353 hours PDT. Contained at 1500 hours. Controlled at 1530 hours. Grass and brush. 0.5 acre. IC Richardson @ 1511 hours. In Patrol status. (NW Region DNR Dispatch Center)
Lake Samish Fire | Lake Samish
Dispatched at 0001 hours. Grass, brush and slash. PARKS ICT5 effective @ 1130 hours. 0.5 acres. In patrol status @ 1617 hours. (NW Region DNR Dispatch Center)
(c) 2018 NW Fire Blog – Updated @ 2200 hours PDT
